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ARRESTS AND DELINQUENCY IN TWO GENERATIONS: A STUDY OF BLACK URBAN FAMILIES AND THEIR CHILDREN
Author(s) -
Robins Lee N.,
West Patricia A.,
Herjanic Barbara L.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1975.tb01262.x
Subject(s) - juvenile delinquency , psychology , juvenile , offspring , juvenile court , injury prevention , cohort , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , suicide prevention , developmental psychology , occupational safety and health , demography , medical emergency , medicine , sociology , genetics , pregnancy , biology , pathology
SUMMARY In interviews a cohort of 223 young black urban‐born men were asked for names and ages of their children and the children's mothers. Police and juvenile court records were obtained for both parents and all offspring past the age of official designation as a juvenile—145 children of 76 men qualified. A comparison of juvenile records of parents and children showed similar rates and types of offenses. Parental arrest histories were powerful predictors of their children's delinquency. Other family characteristics that might modify the risks of delinquency in children of arrested parents were explored.